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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11588
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14815
13 Actual Demand 11275
14 Aggregate Planning 12320
15 Air Cargo 10205
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6729
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34981
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15396
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19400
20 Assembly Line 22717
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23100
22 Average Speed of Answer 26638
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23303
24 Batch Production 38636
25 Bill Discounting 14668
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11349
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7230
28 Blanket Release 10114
29 Bonded Warehouse 10146
30 Booking Number 13949
31 Bottleneck 9643
32 Buffer Stock 59548
33 Build to Stock 13106
34 Bullwhip Effect 9789
35 Business Logistics 25948
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12655
37 Capacity Management 40934
38 Capacity Utilization 14226
39 Capital Intensive 8533
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8877
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12233
42 Certified Supplier 9034
43 Channel Effectiveness 9011
44 Co-Destiny 9389
45 Co-managed Inventory 12663
46 Co-Packers 11865
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6972
48 Computer-Based Training 7764
49 Consular Invoice 19951
50 Container Depot 10685
51 Container Freight Station 10339
52 Continuous Replenishment 19661
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12171
54 Contract Carrier 7368
55 Contract of Affreightment 11497
56 Control Charts 8032
57 Cost Flow 10367
58 Courier Service 15360
59 CPFR 8303
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11897
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44393
62 Date Code 18417
63 Days of Supply 19960
64 Dead on Arrival 9441
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7384
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8206
67 Detective Control 8998
68 Devanning 14306
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11062
70 Dispatching 24712
71 Distributed Inventory 8436
72 Distribution Channel Management 35030
73 Distribution Metrics 9257
74 Distribution Planning 24320
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15356
76 Double Marginalization 52933
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22504
78 Dual 5495
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20721
80 Echelon Inventory 26335
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38381
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50031
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7694
84 Efficient Frontier 25644
85 Engineer-to-Order 31904
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16697
87 Erlang B Formula 9428
88 ETD 8407
89 Ex Works 7897
90 Exception Rate 13617
91 Exponential smoothing 9904
92 External Growth 10180
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9605
94 Field Services 7798
95 Field Warehouse 10815
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8903
97 Fishbone Diagram 14707
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27238
99 Flow Through Distribution 12419
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8276
101 FOB Destination 13159
102 Forward buying 30349
103 Freight Charge 10492
104 Freight Consolidation 7602
105 Gantt Chart 8354
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11843
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29711
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12788
109 Hub 23571
110 Idle Time 8148
 
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